Comet Y4 ATLAS Breaks Up…Enter Comet F8 SWAN

Comet Y4 ATLAS Breaks Up…Enter Comet F8 SWAN

When it comes to comets, the only thing that is certain is the orbit. Though the cosmos has yet to send us a really bright comet for 2020 to keep us occupied during the ongoing worldwide pandemic and lock down, it has sent us a steady stream of descent binocular comets, including C/2017 T2 PanSTARRS, C/2019 Y1 ATLAS, and C/2019 Y4 ATLAS. And though Y4 ATLAS won’t be match the “Comet of the Century” hype, another interesting binocular comet has just made its presence known over the past weekend: C/2020 F8 SWAN.

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